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Enrai - Wikipedia

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Enrai
Japanese name
Kanji	遠雷

Directed by	Kichitaro Negishi
Written by	Haruhiko Arai
Based on	Enrai by Wahei Tatematsu
Starring	Toshiyuki Nagashima Johnny Ohkura Eri Ishida
Cinematography	Shohei Ando (安藤庄平)
Production companies	ATG New Century Producers (NCP) Nikkatsu
Distributed by	ATG
Release date	October 24, 1981 (1981-10-24)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Enrai (Japanese: 遠雷) or Distant Thunder is a 1981 Japanese film adaptation of Wahei Tatematsu's novel of the same name, directed by Kichitaro Negishi.

Synopsis

Enrai is a low-key study of a farmer, Mitsuo Wada, in 1980s Japan when modernization and urbanization were threatening rural areas. After his father leaves his wife to run off with his mistress, Mitsuo struggles to preserve his livelihood with the help of his mother, grandmother, and his arranged marriage bride, Ayako.

Cast

Toshiyuki Nagashima as Mitsuo Wada
Johnny Ohkura (ジョニー大倉) as Hirotsugu Nakamori
Eri Ishida as Ayako Hanamori
Rie Yokoyama (横山リエ) as Kaede
Casey Takamine (ケーシー高峰) as Mitsuo's father
Reiko Nanao (七尾伶子) as Mitsuo's mother
Sen Hara (原泉) as Mitsuo's grandmother
Yumiko Fujita as Chii
Keizō Kanie as Kaede's husband

Background

Enrai is based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Wahei Tatematsu. The film, financed by ATG, Nikkatsu, and the smaller Nikkatsu-related company New Century Producers, marked director Negishi's breakthrough into mainstream film after several Roman porno features for Nikkatsu.^[1]^[2] Enrai was released in Japan as a VHS tape by Pioneer LDC (パイオニアLDC) in July 1998^[3] and subsequently as a DVD in February 2008 by Geneon Entertainment (ジェネオンエンタテインメント).^[4]

Awards and nominations

3rd Yokohama Film Festival^[5]

Won: Best Director - Kichitaro Negishi
Won: Best Screenplay - Haruhiko Arai
Won: Best Cinematography - Shohei Ando
Won: Best Actor - Toshiyuki Nagashima

6th Hochi Film Awards^[6]

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Actor - Toshiyuki Nagashima
Won: New Face Award - Eri Ishida

References

^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
^ Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
^ "遠雷 (VHS)" (in Japanese). amazon.co.jp]. 24 July 1998. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
^ "遠雷 (DVD)" (in Japanese). amazon.co.jp. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
^ 第３回ヨコハマ映画祭１９８１年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
^ "Hochi Awards Table" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2011-11-23.

External links

"Enrai" (in Japanese). JMDB.
"Enrai at AllCinema" (in Japanese).
Enrai at IMDb

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Awards for Enrai

Hochi Film Award for Best Film

The Inugamis (1976)
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
Third Base (1978)
Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko (1979)
Kagemusha (1980)
Enrai (1981)
Fall Guy (1982)
The Family Game (1983)
The Funeral (1984)
And Then (1985)
Comic Magazine (1986)
A Taxing Woman (1987)
Tomorrow (1988)
Untamagiru (1989)
Sakura no Sono (1990)
My Sons (1991)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
All Under the Moon (1993)
A Dedicated Life (1994)
A Last Note (1995)
Shall We Dance? (1996)
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
Hana-bi (1998)
Spellbound (1999)
Face (2000)
Go (2001)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Doing Time (2003)
Nobody Knows (2004)
Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)
Hula Girls (2006)
I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
Departures (2008)
The Unbroken (2009)
Villain (2010)
Rebirth (2011)
Key of Life (2012)
The Great Passage (2013)
0.5 mm (2014)
Solomon's Perjury (2015)
Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)
Wilderness (2017)
The Blood of Wolves (2018)
Listen to the Universe (2019)
The Voice of Sin (2020)
In the Wake (2021)
A Man (2022)
The Moon (2023)
Faceless (2024)

v t e Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film
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1981-1990	Station (1981) Willful Murder (1981) Lonely Heart (1981) Enrai (1981) Suspicion (1982) Tōno Monogatari (1982) Farewell to the Land (1982) The Go Masters (1982) The Family Game (1983) The Makioka Sisters (1983) International Military Tribunal for the Far East (1983) The Ballad of Narayama (1983) The Funeral (1984) MacArthur's Children (1984) Mahjong hōrōki (1984) Ohan (1984) Sorekara (1985) Typhoon Club (1985) Fire Festival (1985) The Burmese Harp (1985) Uhohho Tankentai (1986) House on Fire (1986) Final Take (1986) A Promise (1986) Itazu Kuma (1987) Eiga Joyū (1987) Tora-san Goes North (1987) The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987) The Discarnates (1988) Kimurake no Hitobito (1988) Tomorrow (1988) The Silk Road (1988) Shaso (1989) Death of a Tea Master (1989) Dotsuitarunen (1989) Rikyu (1989) The Cherry Orchard (1990) Dreams (1990) The Sting of Death (1990) Shiroi Te (1990)
1991–2000	Rainbow Kids (1991) Rhapsody in August (1991) A Scene at the Sea (1991) Munō no Hito (1991) Seishun Dendeke Dekedeke (1992) The River with No Bridge (1992) Original Sin (1992) Tōki Rakujitsu (1992) Moving (1993) A Class to Remember (1993) Byōin de Shinu to Iukoto (1993) We Are Not Alone (1993) Ghost Pub (1994) 119 (1994) Crest of Betrayal (1994) Natsu no Niwa Friend (1994) Bō no Kanashimi (1994) Kura (1995) Sharaku (1995) Deep River (1995) Love Letter (1995) Village of Dreams(1996) A Class to Remember 2 (1996) Kids Return (1996) Sleeping Man (1996) The Eel (1997) Yūkai (1997) Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) A Class to Remember 3 (1998) Dr. Akagi (1998) Give It All (1998) Hana-bi (1998) Kikujiro (1999) Jubaku: Spellbound (1999) Keiho (1999) M/Other (1999) After the Rain (2000) Gohatto (2000) A lass to Remember 4 (2000) Nabbie's Love (2000)
2001–2010	Waterboys (2001) Go (2001) Nihon no Kuroi Natsu: Enzai (2001) Battle Royale (2001) The Firefly (2001) Out (2002) Amidadō Dayori (2002) KT (2002) Hush! (2002) Like Asura (2003) Zatoichi (2003) Spy Sorge (2003) Doppelganger (2003) Nobody Knows (2004) Princess Raccoon (2005) Hula Girls (2006) A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007) All Around Us (2008) Mt. Tsurugidake (2009) Haru's Journey (2010)
2011–2020	Saudade (2011) The Kirishima Thing (2012) Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2013) The Light Shines Only There (2014) Journey to the Shore (2015) In This Corner of the World (2016) Wilderness (2017) The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018) The Journalist (2019) Underdog (2020)
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